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emigrants by our people, so naturally hospitable, was a proof 
of the cordial reception in reserve for those who may subse¬ 
quently arrive; 
That nothing shall contravene the religious scruples of those 
who regard it as a duty to abstain from all occupation on the 
Sabbath. It is proper to state, however, that the monthly re¬ 
view of the National Guard is held on the first Sunday of the 
month; but it will be easy to make a legal modification of this 
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arrangement; 
That a temporary lodging, f5r the first eight days, shall be 
offered to those arriving, until they get settled according to their 
wishes; 
That, independently of the schools that these new citizens 
may create, the existing Government, which occupies itself 
without ceasing with the duty of public instruction, has found¬ 
ed, and will still found, numerous educational establishments in 
which the monthly charge is next to nothing, and gratuitous to 
the poor; • 
That our laws deprive no one of the right of quitting the 
country when he sees fit; yet, that the Haytian who deserts his 
country in the time of need, loses forever his quality of citizen. 
The emigrants who may not desire to remain in Ilayti, will be 
at liberty to re-embark ; but those whose introduction into the 
country shall have been at public cost, shall not be permitted to 
leave until after three years’ residence, or until they repay to 
Government the expenses to which it has been put on their 
account. 
The Government would not have its task regarded as com¬ 
plete if it had not collected the most circumstantial facts on 
every point relating to this grave question. After receiving the 
order from your Excellency, I addressed, on the 20th of March 
last, a circular to the commanders of the arrondissements and 
the councils of the communes, instructing them to lay before 
the population of the country the condition of men of African 
race abroad, and to ask from them an energetic co-operation, in 
